A more traditional spring motif from Japan for Spring Fling Event ^_^

This is a komon kimono (casual everyday wear) I made for March-April-May. The color combination I've used is called "sawarabi" (petunia) and it is good for spring (https://wafuku.wordpress.com/2011/05/15/japanese-colour-names-seasonal-combinations/). The pattern on the kimono features tatewaku, mist rising from the lakes and marshes in the spring (http://www.immortalgeisha.com/wiki/index.php?title=Tatewaku). Although on this page it is listed as a motif for January so I'm not quite sure. Where I live spring comes much later than in Japan so I suppose it would be okay to use it also later.

The nagoya obi is wrapped in a simple otaiko musubi. A more casual one would be ginza musubi, but would look almost the same with this resolution.

The hair is done in the traditional shimada hairstyle. I've haven't put so many kanzashi to match the casualness of the kimono.

The collar is folded with the left side overlapping the right (as it should) and the back of the collar is pulled down to reveal the nape of the neck. I've also made a faint line under the obi to indicate an ohashori fold and there is a disruption in motif that the fold would result in. She is wearing colored tabi (socks) and zori (sandals).

Kimonos are a hobby of mine and I hope I've gotten most of the details right! ^___^